_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: kkyawkan9@gmail.com; Asian J. Food Res. Nutri., vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 37-49, 2022 Asian Journal of Food Research and Nutrition Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 37-49, 2022; Article no.AJFRN.94710 Harnessing the Potentials of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) for Enhanced Livelihood and Development Kwame Yaw-Kan Kojo a* and Naomi Adoma Fosu a a Roots and Tubers Division, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/94710 Received: 09/10/2022 Accepted: 15/12/2022 Published: 24/12/2022 ABSTRACT This review gives an overview of the potentials of Sweet potato as a versatile and multi-functional crop. It brings together careful reviews of some of the outstanding characteristics and revealing potentials of the crop which have been established and reported by several researches and authors. The contents of this review contains reviews on components such as the various types of Sweet potato based on the flesh color and their various constituent compounds, nutritive features, phenolic acids contained in Sweet potato, the phytochemical and pharmacological properties such as diseases’ prevention and promotion of good health through its antioxidant, anticancer, antiulcer, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular properties and the enhancement of the immune system, processing of Sweet potato in to various food products such as vinegar, chips, flakes, cubes, yoghurt, cheese and some industrial utilization in the processing of alcohol and starch, the utilization potentials in animal feed; use as silage, processed to hay, as green-chop, the use of the tuber in poultry feeds and the contributions of the crop towards food security and development through the ability to fight hunger, poverty reduction, income generation, climate resilient and adaptability to vast range of climates. Various authors and researches have investigated and voted Sweet potato as one of the crops with the best production, consumption and utilization attributes Review Article